Flag of Åland
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| Use | Civil and state flag, civil and state ensign  |
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| Proportion | 17:26 |
| Adopted | 1954 |
| Design | Scandinavian cross |
The flag of Åland consists of the Swedish flag defaced by a red cross symbolising Finland.[citation needed] Today, blue and white are considered Finnish colours, but in the early days of Finnish nationalism, red and yellow from the Finnish coat of arms were also an option.[citation needed]
The flag has been the official flag of the autonomous Finnish province of Åland since 1954. It was first hoisted in the capital Mariehamn on 3 April 1954.[citation needed]
Prior to autonomy, an unofficial horizontal bicolour triband of blue-yellow-blue was in use. The flag was made illegal in 1935.[1][2]
The flag of Orkney in Scotland, created in 2007, is the opposite of the flag of Åland; much in the same way as the flag of Iceland is the opposite of the flag of Norway.
References
External links
Flag of Åland at Flags of the World
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